Bouldering World Cup - VailCheck out our short report from the 5th edition of the IFSC Bouldering World Cup that took place at the beginning of June in Vail, Colorado.

The Wheel of Life reapeted by PringleEthan Pringle has made the third ascent of Dai Koyamada's boulder route The Wheel of Life in Grampians which is a 60 move roof problem in the Hollow Mountain Cave originally graded 8C+.

Honnold links Half Dome and The Nose in 8hAlex Honnold broke speed record, with his one-day solo enchainment of two Grade VI routes, first The Regular Northwest Face of Half Dome (5.12a, 23 pitches) and then The Nose of El Capitan (5.9 C1, 31 pitches).

Carlo Traversi downgrade Jade 8B+/CJade, the steep and crimpy boulder problem in Rocky Mountain National Park, USA has seen its seventh ascent from young boulderer Carlo Traversi.

Sonnie Trotter - New 5.14 Trad RouteSonnie Trotter, one of the best know Canadian climbers, succeeded on his project at Squamish, Canada, a beautiful but desperately hard overhanging arete - Sugar Daddy

Dai Koyamada on The Story of 2 WorldsJapanese climber Dai Koyamada has made the second ascent of The story of 2 worlds, a boulder problem in Cresciano, Switzerland. The boulder was first climbed by Dave Graham in January 2005.

New Route on EigerWith this first freeclimb on August 30, 2008 of the most difficult sportsclimbing route in the Eiger Northface, named „Paciencia“, the year of the Eiger-Anniversary comes to a worthy end. Ueli Steck and Stephan Siegrist finish a long lasting project.

The “Hammerbrothers” free HadesOn 05.07.08 Andreas Bindhammer succeed - after several days of intense tries, also during thunder and lightning. Four days later it was Christian's turn to solve the way to the top. Their proposal: 9a.

Wadi Rum TripIn April 2008 , Eliza Kubarska and David Kaszlikowski settled down in hospitable Beduin house in Rum village. After repetitions of most famous classics such as: Lionheart, Beauty, Merlin, Inshallah Factor or Guerre Sainte they moved to the remote desert Barrah canyon, where they put up a new route called "Kicia".

Steph Davis - Another Impressive Free Solo!Moab local Steph Davis free soloed the North Face (5.11b, 3 pitches) of Castleton Tower, Castle Valley, Utah. It may be the first time the North Face route on this historic tower was climbed without the rope.

Successful FA of the North Face of TengkampocheOn April 24 at 7.15am Ueli Steck (31) and Simon Anthamatten (24), both from Switzerland, stood on the top of Tengkampoche (6500m) in Khubu Valley, Nepal. They reached the summit making the first ascent of the north face of the mountain.

Moonlight Buttress freesolo!Alex Honnold, the 22 year old climber from California, has been impressing the climbing world. Young, bold and talented are all adjectives used to describe the up and coming superstar. To this point, Honnold has lived up to the hype, coming off a season in which he was awarded the Golden Piton Award for Rookie of the Year.